As part of the exhibition 'Crossing Over' I will be showing a new body of work based on some of the countries most eminent scientists, utilizing bioluminescence. The work is made in collaboration with Dr Simon Park and Pattie Hendrie with sponsorship in kind from Bibby-Scientific and is curated by Dr Caterina Albano (Artakt, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design), and Rowan Drury.
'Going to Ouessant' is an event taking place on the small island off the coast of Brittany on 11th and 12th Oct organised by Marcel Dinahet, Celia Cretien, FINIS TERRAE association. One of my films 'Gin and Tonic', filmed on board the James Clark Ross as we crossed the Convergence zone en route for Antarctica will be showing alongside 20 other contemporary artists showing video relating to themes of the sea, the littoral, insularity.
'Collision is an annual festival of moving image, music, art and performance. It brings together artists from different disciplines and presents their work under one enormous roof over three nights, Thurs11, Fri12, sat13. It is an immersion into many forms of creative expression. New and surprising encounters occur as diverse pieces exist, and occasionally travel, in the same space at the same time. Collision is an experience that becomes more than a sum of its parts.'
Alon Ramage, Tom Slater, Hannah Mason, Ellie Doney, Belinda Abbott Supported by: Estelle Holland, Sara Fernandes, Linda Dobell, James O'Brien, Tom Hutchings
Venue:
Area 10 Project Space, Peckham, London, SE15 5JT
View e-flyer at www.collision.org.uk/e-flyer
'Antarctic Walk' video still
This looped short film, part of a series made in response to my residency in Antarctica, is representative of the relentless disorientation I felt in such an extraordinary disempowering environment. The colour effect of the strong 24hr daylight inside the red canvas tents in which we slept for 3 weeks added to the surreality of the situation.
Hastings Film Festival runs from 25July-1Aug 2008 'Antarctic walk' will be shown in Claremont Art space, 12 Claremont, Hastings 01424 445743
The following images are of an installation made on Friday 20 June inside Burlington House, Piccadilly, to coincide with the book launch of 'Bipolar'. I took one of the lumps of ice I brought back from Antarctica out of its lodgings inside the British Antarctic Surveys freezer in Cambridge and let it not so gently melt over the course of the evening. It was acoustically wired up by sound engineers Lee Patterson and Mark Hornsby, and produced uncomfortably loud interruptions as the ancient air kept locked under pressure by the ice belched into the London air. I intend to reuse the meltwater in another project I'm working on. The cabinet was recycled from an exhibition held in the British museum.
Two new photographic images from the 'Glass Burn' series have been selected for the 'Through the Lens' photography exhibition, The Royal West of England Academy in Bristol. Exhibition dates 8 June - 20 July 2008. Click here for more details.
Copyright Anne Brodie 2008
